The main goal of the joint project "Together in the face of diseases of affluence" is a response to the identified problem of unequal access to high quality medical services in the field of diagnostics and treatment of diseases of affluence in the PL-LT borderland. It includes the implementation of complementary broad activities whose complexity and multilevel structure (improvement of expertise on the basis of joint trainings, medical infrastructure, raising of public awareness) should be considered as an added value - a crossborder effect. The project is addressed to population with unmet healthcare needs, including those at risk of poverty and social exclusion, and includes measures to improve the quality of infrastructure, training of medical personnel, informational/educational activities, as well as management, information and promotion, conferences and closing activities. The main objective of the project is to develop cooperation between health care institutions from the Polish-Lithuanian borderland to assure equal opportunities in access to improved health services in the field of diseases of affluence, and thus improve the quality of life in this region.